Heritage and History

North Western Railway Rail motor No. 8 seen at Dharampore station of Kalka Simla Railway. 1947.04.xx

A Press Information Bureau(PIB) picture with the following caption on the backside. "The railway system is India's biggest nationalised undertaking. The railways run about 10,800 trains, carry nearly 6.6 million passengers and 600,000 tonnes of goods

Image of a railway bridge damaged during the Indo-Pak war of 1971 for liberation of Bangladesh (then East Pakistan). Picture courtesy Saptarshi Bhattacharya from the collection of his father who was in the Indian Army.

A view the Hardinge railway bridge over Padma river (now in Bangladesh , then East Pakistan ) damaged during the Indo-Pak war of 1971. The retreating Pakistan army left behind a M24 Chafee tank on the bridge which can be seen [url=http://img3.photographer

Indian army personnel posing in front of the Dinajpur station sign during the Indo-Pak war for liberation of Bangladesh in 1971. Picture courtesy Saptarshi Bhattacharya from the collection of his father who was in the Indian Army.

Rai Ka Bagh Palace Jn, Jodhpur, 1984. A typical scene one evening. (Dinesh Hukmani)

Garib Nawaz Express, 1992. Location : Kapasan. Waiting for a goods train to cross. (Dinesh Hukmani)

Garib Nawaz Express, 1992. Another view. (Dinesh Hukmani)

Chittorgarh Station in 1992. Typical scene with all MG, Steam Locos, Semophores. (Dinesh Hukmani)

Down memory lane. Token exchange in the MG zone at Kapasan on the Jaipur Udaipur line, sometime in 1992. The train on the right is the Delhi Udaipur Garib Nawaz Express. (Dinesh Hukmani)

The board says it all ! - Location- Howrah Jn. (Kunal.S.Doddanavar)

From Archives - Snap of steam train on Old Sangam Bridge. This bridge was closed for train traffic after 1926-27 when new Girder Bridge was constructed. For those who are not aware with Pune area this bridge is between Pune & Shivajinagar station towa

From Archives - Picture of Girder Bridge from Pune end. Archives mention that the snap is taken while shifting of rails from Old to New was in process. the bridge work was completed in 1926 and is still in use. The Old bridge is used for road traffic and

Puzzle picture. Has anyone any suggestions of where it is or when? It has been suggested that it may be south India or Sri Lanka.
Picture from David Churchill's collection - no indication of photographer or publisher. (David Churchill)

Close up of loco on previous picture. I would guess that it is GIPR U38 class. The number could perhaps be 843 although this does not correspond with any shown in Hughes book. (David Churchill)

Picture bought at local postcard fair. No identification of photographer or publisher. I would guess that it is a GIPR Bombay suburban service and date is probably about 1910. (David Churchill)

Close up of locomotive in previous picture. It is BNR 0-6-0 and appears to be F class number is perhaps 18? (David Churchill)

Picture bought at local postcard fair. No identification of photographe ror publisher. Train is BNR which is readable on the loco buffer beam. Date probably about 1910 (David Churchill)

Close up of locomotive in previous picture. Clearly one of the GIPR 4-4-0 types. I'm not knowledgeable enough to know which. (David Churchill)

Card purchased at local postcard fair. GIPR loco and corridor train. Probably on some special occasion - note the man standing to attention in foreground.

Picture of the Khojak Tunnel which was built to cross the Khojak Pass on the Quetta-Chaman railway in Balochistan. This was a strategic line built with the aim of taking this railway ultimately to Kandahar and hence was built to accommodate a double line

HGS class 2-8-0 locomotive No. 2298 is seen hauling a goods train making its way through the Bolan Pass in 1930. This locomotive was built by Vulcan Foundry in 1923. It was being driven by my father Louis Phillip Hughes when he was stationed in Quetta, Ba

Two metre gauge locomotives of Bengal and Assam Railway from the World War II era. The larger locomotive numbered 980 is a War Department 2-8-2 of MAWD class based a Mariani Jn. From the collection of George Duffy Jr., whose father was stationed at Marian

Indian Government Railway WG Class locomotive No. 8350 built by North British Locomotive Co. at Glasgow (26463/1950) is seen at the Festival of Britain in London before it was shipped to India. The exhibit on the right perhaps illustrates the various gaug

who are these gentlemen? their bust is in entrance lounge of Churchgate WR Hq (Rajendra Saxena)

EM 937 was my father Louis Phillip Hughes' permanent Locomotive. He is the gent leaning on the front window sil, in the white T shirt is John Buston, first fireman and in the white hat is my eldest brother Neville who was foot plating to Lahore with my f